The Car - History
Believe it or not Tristens Mini Se7en race car was originally built in 36 hours! As part of the Minis 40th Anniversary in 1999 the Mini Se7en Club embarked on the mammoth task of building a Mini Se7en race car in a single weekend. Taking place at Silverstone race circuit the car was built and then raffled off at the end of the weekend! See images of the build below...
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Thanks to Jeff Carter for providing the article and images
Purchasing the Car
The car was purchased at the end of 2005 from triple Mini Miglia champion Andy Hack. The car having had a number of owners over its 6 year life had seen very little race action, and consequently was in great condtion.
A deal was soon done and the car was on its way to its new home in Essex.
Click here for images of the car in action from 2006-2008
From S class to Mini 7
At the end of 2007 the decision was made to upgrade Tristens car from S class spec to full Mini Se7en specification. As opposed to simply changing the power unit from 1293cc to the fully modified 1000cc, the decision was made to improve all aspects of the cars construction.
This included;
New roll cage tubing to strengthen the shellNew seat frameNew steering coulumnNew gear change assemblyNew subframeNew in boot anti roll barNew dog box (gearbox)GPS data logging and digital dash display
The icing on the cake being a repsray winter 08/09 which completes the cars transformation.
Bascially every area of the car has been renewed or improved...but development never stops!
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